Cycling Weekly

Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Cycling Weekly is the UK's only weekly special interest magazine focusing on the cycling market. It is the best source of breaking international and UK news, race reportage, reliable fitness advice, trustworthy product reviews and inspirational features for British cyclists. Always a great read, Cycling Weekly inspires you to ride your bike more!

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IN FOCUS

Tao targets the Tour • Geoghegan Hart already impressing new team as he settles in during December training camp

Can gravel save UK racing?

Portsdown Classic to kick off 2024 road season

Is the winter bike an endangered species?

Shout out to the Meadowbank trespass crew

Cycling Weekly

TWO WHEELED THERAPY • Allan Peiper has won stages and Grand Tours, both as a rider and a DS. Since 2014, though, his biggest challenge has been a recurring battle with prostate cancer. He talks candidly to Chris Marshall-Bell about the ups and downs of his struggle

Eddy THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF Merckx • Heavy is the head that wears the crown of a comparison to cycling’s most revered rider – Chris Marshall-Bell gets the measure of what is simultaneously cycling’s greatest compliment and greatest curse

What’s it like being Eddy Merckx?

THE EIGHT NEXT MERCKXES

Riding in the wheeltracks of Bradley Wiggins

BUILDING UP • Ever wondered what the pros do to wind down? We look at why Lego has clicked with cycling’s movers and shakers

A brief history of cycling and Lego

Has the winter bike had its day? • Thanks to the versatility of modern machines and the lure of smart trainers, the traditional winter bike is becoming an endangered species

IS THE WINTER BIKE OBSOLETE?

Winter jackets • Stefan Abram tests six soft-shell jackets to find out which offers the best mix of insulation, weatherproofing, breathability and fit

Castelli’s jacket of all trades

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A WINTER JACKET

Gear of the week • The best kit, put through its paces by our testers

RESOLUTI REVELATI • Despite our best intentions, most new year’s resolutions fall by the wayside. Rob Kemp tracks down some notable exceptions who made their big plans stick – and asked them how they managed it

5 resolution pitfalls to avoid

“Don’t diet. Make permanent, sustainable changes”

Stretching • Does pulling on tendons really benefit your riding – and if so, how?

5 of the best stretches for cyclists

How to… be better in 2024

Dr Hutch • The Doc suggests bringing the ‘awe and exit’ strategy into play this festive period – it is indeed the season to cycle

ACTS OF CYCLING STUPIDITY

10-mile scratch race Interwar years

Gios Super Record • The cobble-slayer of De Vlaeminck and the legendary Brooklyn